The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2033
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
5:25 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1372
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 19.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.86° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.00° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.